Sand flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) in Sanliurfa, Turkey: Relationship of Phlebotomus sergenti with the epidemic of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 12-15

  Volf, P ^a   Ozbel, Y ^b   Akkafa, F ^c   Svobodova M ^a   Votypka J ^a   Chang, K P ^d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Department of Psychology Univ Hlth Sci The Chicago Med S   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania tropica; Sand fly

Indexed keywords

AVES; DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ALEXANDRI; PHLEBOTOMUS NEGLECTUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PSITTACIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; TURKEY;

EID: 0036370644     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.12     Document Type: Article

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